Graef Fernández, Carlos

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Name
Graef Fernández, Carlos Gender: M
Carlos Federico Graef Fernández
born on 25 February 1911 at 04:30 (= 04:30 AM )
Place Guanaceví, Mexico, 25n56, 105w57
Timezone LMT m105w57 (is local mean time)
Data source
BC/BR in hand
Rodden Rating AA
Collector: Scholfield
Astrology data s_su.18.gif s_piscol.18.gif 05°45' s_mo.18.gif s_capcol.18.gif 23°21 Asc.s_capcol.18.gif 29°11'



Biography

Mexican physicist and mathematician, noted as a founding member of the Mexican Mathematical Society in 1943 and the Mexican Physical Society in 1951. He helped to establish the Tonantzintla Observatory in the Mexican state of Puebla and he later directed it. He received the National Prize for Arts and Sciences in 1970.

He was a graduate of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and completed a doctorate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1940.

Carlos Graef Fernández died on 13 January 1988 at age 76 in Mexico City.

Link to Wikipedia biography

Relationships

Events

  • Work : Prize 1970 (National Prize for Arts and Sciences)

Source Notes

Birth certificate in hand from Sy Scholfield, copy on file.

Categories

  • Traits : Mind : Education extensive (PhD)
  • Lifestyle : Financial : Gain - Grant, Scholarship, etc.
  • Lifestyle : Home : Expatriate
  • Vocation : Education : Administrator
  • Vocation : Education : Researcher
  • Vocation : Science : Mathematics/ Statistics
  • Vocation : Science : Physics
  • Notable : Awards : Public Service (National Prize for Arts and Sciences)